The Sun. — London, England, 1838-01-15 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The trial of the Glasgow cotton spinners, before the Court of Justiciary at Edinburgh, which has lasted an un precedented number of days, and which has excited the greatest interest in all classes, has at length terminated. The jury have found the main charge not proven against theprisoners, who have only been sentenced to transporta tir,n for seven years. The general opinion in Edinburgh `was that the verdict would be more unfavourable to the prisoners. But though there may have been difficulty in bringing directly home to the prisoners the murder of Smith, or the other heinous acts charged in the indictment, it has been but too satisfactorily proved that there has long existed among the trades in Scotland a secret machinery for the horrid purpose of murder, mutila tion, arson, &c. We say in Scotland, but it has been shown by Mr. O'Connell that a machinery for assassination also existed in the trades of Ire land. We abstain from saying anything of England, ljwhere the system of Trades' Unions exists as well as in Scotland and Ireland, because we would not wish to hazard anything lightly on so awful a subject ; and we do not know how far the murder at Ashton-under-Line, some years ago, was traced to a secret machinery similar to that in Scotland. In the evidence, necessarily published in a condensed form in the Chronicle of this day, various de tails are given respecting this diabolical machinery. In another column we give a brief history of it, supplied to us by a Scotch Correspondent ; and we transcribe from the Glasgow Courier, a Tory Paper, the following start ling account of the system " Within the last four months three murders of a most diabolical description have been perpetrated in the heart of this great city ; and at this moment outrages against person and property are so common in the immediate neighbourhood that additional protection has been required, and will be im mediately procured. " At the late trial several witnesses were prepared to state to the Court the facts connected with the ergaelzation and objects of what the conspirators called The Secret Set Committee ;' but as the information offeered by theta persons was not direct, but only obtained rem individuals who had served as members of this dreadful tribunal, the Judges were "rally divided as to the competency of receiving such evi enee. Under these circ'emstancee, the Crown Counsel did tot press the point. `. - fe now proceed to fill up the blank in the testimony caweee by this accident. " The Se(:eet Select Committee' was formed in this way. A eved was left at each spinning -factory or shop, as it is called, desiring the parties working there to send a dele gate 1.4.'a certain day t o t h e central committee-rooms, at the 13 , I:A Boy Tavern i n th e G el l owgate. It was perfectly un caerstood by the association what the object of thie SUMMONS Was, and persons suited to the required work "I'ere accordingly returned. These delegates, who were Nay -eight in num ber, then nominated a sub-committee of twelve from amongst themselves. With this body T'Aided the power of appointing the ' Secret Select Cereenittee,' which they did in the fol lowing omi nou: manne r . Th ey met in a darkened room in the Black - -eoe tavern, each man bringing with him the name of the rs'erson whom he had chosen written on a slip of paper. Thtee slips were put into a hat, and given to Peter Hackett, the treasurer, who withdrew and examined them. The Secret Select Committee' consisted of but three persons, and the first three names which this functionary took out of the hat were, according te rule, the parties upon whom the choice of the bod 7 fell. Having satisfied himself upon this point, he burnt eel the slips, and then returning to the room where the sub- Committee were assembled, ho dissolved the Committee without uttering one word as to whom the lot had fallen upon. These persons were 'pri vately informed of the result, and this drene, the Secret Select Committee were duly constituted, The objects of this Committee were nakedly and literally murder, maiming, assault, or wilful fire-raising ;it wee likewise enjoined to suborn witnesses, that an alibi re:ight be attempted to be proved, If necessary ; and the reward for these crimes was graduated by a fixed scale. 'calculated, no doubt, according to the notions entertained of their relative importance. Thus, 20/. were given for a innrder or for gre-raising, and 101. or er breaking el' limbs. It does not appear, however, that any of the three who constituted the Select Committee' were inecessreilly the executioners of this new system of Thuggery— they might be to, but they had higher duties to perform —tisey were the executive council of this body of patriots, and had, nobler functions assigned to them. Their proper office was, to hire assassins, or incendiaries, to do the job,' and to arrange with the persons so employed as to the price they were to receive, ' No. 60' was the well-known expression among these people for the loose hands who were ready for this work, and there are various entries is the books of large sums—in one instance of 24/. 16s. —as paid to tide cabalistic number. There was also a peculiarity about the mode of payment, which strikingly marks the beastly nature of the whole transaction. When Mei job' was done the perpetrator did not receive any money from the ' Secret Select Committee,' though they were his real employers. He was referred to the treasurer, the afore rnentioned Master Hackett, who met him in the house of one Christie, a publican. The room where these worthies en countered each other was, as usual, dark, and Peter having laid a sum upon the table, the jobber' was directed to grope for it--to take all be could get, and then to depart. In th;s way the persons who employed him did not pay him, and the person who paid had no direct concern in his employment. Such was the ' Secret Select Committee'—its composition, and its uses; and we question whether the annals of crime can fur nish any parallel to this dark and infamous combination against human life, liberty, and happiness. So complete was its or ganization, and so merciless its vengeance, that it both baffled and paralysed the arm of justice. No witness dared give evidence against it, except at the risk of being shot, or drenched with vitriol, or assaulted, or burnt out of his house. This terrible power was: everywhere ; and unseen, and irre sponsible, it dealt its savage blows upon the old and the young, upon man and upon woman. To prove this it is only necessary to state that, when the witnesses for the trial were precognosced, the utmost caution was found to be indispen sably necessary. Not one of them would go near the public offices, but met the legal authorities at night, and by stealth, in remote and different parts of the city ; and when their de clarations were deemed material, they were conveyed, at their own request, to gaol, as to a place of safety—and there they have remained ever since." So ranch for this fearful system as it exists in Scotland. Mr. O'Connell, to his honour be it spoken, has been man fully exerting himself to put down this horrid system as it exists in Ireland. At the meeting of the Trades, which we have already noticed in this paper, the following state ment was made : " Mr. Connery, master painter, then rose to address the meeting. He said—Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen, an attack has been made upon me by Mr. M'Donough, a man whom I never knew. He has been informed, he says, and that by per sons of my own train, and be has been hallooed on by a gentle. man on my left, that when a journeyman I was one of the greatest sticklers for high wages and combination in the trade. Yes, I was a stickler, but if I was, it was a stickler for the good of the trade. I was a stickler when I opposed the sys tem of taking oaths upon admission into the body, and when I succeeded in abolishing that practice. I was in the trade when a person belonging to it brought in a motion for esta blishing the system of slating.—( Hear, bear, No, no.) I was a stickler then, and I opposed that motion as strenuously as I could. I raised my voice against it, but all my exertions were unavailing ; for I was the only person, with the exception of one other peen, that dared to raise my voice against the adoption of this horrid system in an assembly of eighty per sons. If that other man be in this room, he will vouch for tho truth of what I say. At that very time money was bor. rowed from other trades to carry on that system.—( Hear, hear.) 30/. was borrowed from one trade and 101. were bor. rowed from another—( Hear)—and every man in the trade, with the two same exceptions, paid the suns of 3s. 3d. a week to assist paying ruffians for beating and perhaps murdering their fellow-citizens.—( Hear, hear, and cries of " Oh, oh.") I stood alone in opposition to this murderous system. I op posed it with all my force, and the consequence was that I was fixed on to be slated myself. . . . . . Mr M'Donough calls me a stickler. Yes I was a stickler in snore instances than I have 'mentioned. I was a stickler, and a successful one, when the system of slating was about being revived in the trade. At that time I was a stickler for the separation of the good men in the trade from the slaters, who were chiefly confined to Mr. Boylan's establishment, and I succeeded. For nine years we were separated, and dur ing that time the slating system continued in part of the trade ; but within the year we have been united, and we still Continue so. " Mr. O'CoNesere—You are stating facts of the very great st importance, and I here solemnly ;all upon you Mr Con nerry, to retract every word you have said, if you are not able to substantiate your statements on oath. " Mr. CONNERY—I can prove on oath all that I said —( Cries of " Oh, ten 1" and confusion.) I can tell you more on one subject. I boast of being a stick ier. Yes, I am one who have always opposed the mur derous 'system, I c an prove f or a long time existed in our trade, of beating and butchering those who offended against the society, and destroying their property. I re 'member the morning that a parcel of slaters broke into Mr. Vero's shop, in Bridge -street, and destroyed 2001. worth of property. These men were a parcel of tailors, who *ere paid by the painters for this purpose.—( Hisses and great disapprobation.) I happened to meet with these men on their return from doing their work of mischief, and they would have /dated me only I promised to become a member of the body.__ 1( Groans, and cries of Drop it t') I promised to become a member of' the body, and pay 3s. ed. a-week like the other members, and this alone saved me." At the meeting at the Corn Exchange, and the St. Nicholas Charity dinner on Tuesday last, Mr. O'Connell strongly denounced this atrocious system. At the latter he said— " What I am about to tell you is really awful ; and, al though you must have heard it before, I will repeat it to you. At the meeting on yesterday ono man attacked a Mr. Connery for 5- which he had been formerly a , ry said that he had given them e had belonged, because it ex- Inition called the slating rent, 3d. each per week, for a fund to beat and murder the in. to belong to their body._ hat he left their body because him to accede t• that fright ientioned that the men who anent continue to subscribe to Id I do I represent a city where men subscribe to an assassination fund? [Mr. O'Connell was interrupted by a g^neral exclamation of horror.] But this is a thing which must be sifted.—(Cheers.) There must be an examination to ascertain who are the men who contributed to that assassination fund." It is not enough that a tradesman should himself pro fess a horror of murder. " He should ask the question,' adds the Dublin Evening Post, " What becomes of the money which, as a bodyman, he deposits in the hands of the managing Committee, the executive directory of the union? If this money is employed in hiring bravoes, and ' Welters,' and ' Billy Smiths,' and Slaters'—if there be a regular ' Slating Committee' in full play and full operation, surely every bodyman must know that he is a contributor, and, as a contributor, that he is aft acces sory before the fact. Any attorney's clerk tvia tell him, that if a murder be committed, as in the case of Ganley, and that the fact of his contribution could be brought home, he would stand a chance of stanking in the dock on a chatge of mur der. But though be might escape capital punishment, does not the moral guilt remain ? There is surely another' tribunal besides this on earth, The Dublin Evening Po.Ft of Thursday last hls an ex cellent article on this appalling subject, in which it observes, " It must have struck the public, in reading the reports of the several discussions on the subject with which the Dublin Papers are filled, that all the workmen who spoke on the occa sion indignantly and repeatedlv repudiated any connection be tween the body' and the ' Johnny Smiths,' or Billy Wel ters,' as the assassins are called. We, for our own parts, acquit the great body of the trades from any such foul com panionship. We do believe that nine-tenths of them shrink with horror from such associations. But, then, it cannot be denied that these 'Welters,' &c., are in existence —that they are in active employment, and that they do their work with the most frightful fidelity to their employers. Do they receive, then, the price of blood ? Are they NW 9" We have been thus copious in our extracts with resrafd to this appalling systaT.Ti, because we deem it of tho utmost importance that society should knots' what trains are laid beneath .',3 surface ready to ba sprung at the mandat e o f secret and irresp o n s ible C omm i ttees. We trust in God that in this Christian and civilized country a system of secret assassination will not longer be suffered to exist. That it has existed long and to a fearful extent, both in Scotland and Ireland, is but too certain. It is an ev il which, however, must be seriously grappled with, if we would rescue our country from certain perdition. Of all evils, that of al lowing men to familiarise themselves with deeds of blood, and to consider them legitimate means of attaining their purposes, is the greatest and most destructive to society. The principle on which these Trades' Unions are founded is destructive of all improvement in the arts, for it takes from the good. workman all motive for distinguishing him self, and places the most bungling workman on a level with the best. Were the system to be generally in operation, and a minimum of wages established, mechanics would ne cessarily sink in time to the level of parish paupers. We have seen how rapidly, under the allowance system, which was a levelling system, the agricultural labourers of Eng land in many counties sunk in their condition and character ; and were the Trades' Unions to succeed in establishing their system of interference masters and men would equally suffer. but we trust the operatives have themselves bocome generally sensible of the ruinous effects of Trades' Unions, and we have hoard that they have for some time bees gradually witbdrawitg themselves from them. In Ire land trade has hen all but destroyed by the workmen ; for who woul'a think of having work done in Dublin or Bel fast, at a higher rate than it can be obtained in this coun try? The effect •f all attempts to raise wages artificially in one place, is to drive the trade from it to another ; and all attempts to embrace within the machinery of a union all the workmen throughout this great empire must necessa rily break down, except when the trade is confined to a very small number of hands. London is filled with arti cles executed in places where wages are infinitely lower than here, and where apprentices are taken without limit ; and it is quite impossible by any unions to prevent such a result, so long as all law and order are not trampled under foot.—Morning Chronicle. Many persons have, since the receipt of the last advises from Canada, been asking each other this question :—lf the leaders of the traitorous rebellion in Canada are to suffer the penalty of their crime, is it fitting, or consistent with equal justice, that the persons at borne who have been secretly prompting and counselling those rebels should escape without judicial notice or inquiry ?" If the adviccs we allude to are to be credited, the traitorous designs of some at least of our home agitators hare not been confined to speeches made in and out of Parliament, but consist also of written recommendations to the very revolt which has since broken out. If this be true, and that the letters of one or more of such persons have been found ticketed, and arranged in the official Cabinet of the traitor Papineau, surely it behoves the Government to look at home as well as abroad ; and not let the instigators of treason walk about unscathed, while the traitors pay the forfeit of their crimes. It is not impossible or at all improbable, but that the trea son being nipped in the bud and defeated, as we have now some reason to hope is the case, the instigators at home will abandon their dupes, and, in the language of Sempro nius, in Cate, exclaim— __ " Villians, stand off( base grovelling worthless wretches, Mongrels in faction, poor faint-hearted traitors l Know—when such paltry slaves presume To mix in treason, if the plot succeeds, They're thrown neglected by ; but if it fails, They're sure to die like dogs." But this stoicism, though it may very well suit the cold blooded heartlessness of the modern radical, will meet with no sympathy with a British or any other Christian com munity. However the recent out-burst in Canada may end, there can be no doubt but that it ramifications, both there and at home, must be sought out and fully investi gated ; and though we, in common with the enlightened part of the community, have no wish to see traitors' heads on Temple-bar, we do wish that if treason, or traitorous designs can be brought home to any persons here, they will not be allowed to escape from justice, but that the insti gator of rebellion, instead of being allowed to disseminate mischief in safety, will find himself placed upen the same level with the traitors themselves.—Murnin,g Herald. We understand that Colonel EVBai ' S published reasons for not attending the Westminster meeting in favour of Canadian rebellion having been found unsatisfactory by many of those with whom he is in the habit of acting in political matters, an investigation has taken place, and other reasons, of admitted cogency, have been found out. The brave and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, having de voted himself with such remarkable gallantry and singular success to the military aid of patriotism in Spain, could do no less in the Canadian affair, if he stirred in the business at all. He would be the more inevitably impelled to this course from the circumstance that numbers of his renowned Legion are at present in London, their breasts burning in the cause of freedo - m, which they have found to be so ho nourable and profitable a service, and their grateful hearts glowing with ardour to serve again under a commander from whose leadership they have derived so much dory. Under the circumstances, the Gallant Coloael could scarcely have taken part in the Crown and Anchor proceedings without .wing carried forward into mi- litary achievemcatt in aid of those who resist their lawful Sovereign in the sacred cause of liberality. But it is ex pedient that the revolted Canadians should themselves possess the undivided glory of obtaining whatever shall be obtained by their appeal to arais. The Gallant Colonel feels that it would be scarcely becoming in him to eiagross the liberal military renown of two hemispheres. It is proper that he should restrain himself, but not being able to aesater for the lengths to which ardour might have car ried hitn had he attended the Crown and Anehor meeting he thought it more prudent to stay away. It is with plea sure we learn that this explanation has been found satis factory, and that Mr. Leader consents to recognise Colonel Evans as his colleague in the representation of Westminster. —Morning Post. There is sometimes great force, great character, in a single word. The forcible word that characterizes the present Government, is the homely English adjective " shabby." It was well applied to them by Sir James Graham. It clings to them, and it marks them. There may have been Ministers as weak, perhaps before the Revolution ; there were even Ministers as wicked ; but till our own time there never was a Government so shabby. Other Administrations have bent to Monarchy, to Aristocracy—hare dared an iniquitous war, or skulked under a dishonourable peace—have smoothed their way to power by irregular influence, or stormed it by stark prero gative ; but here are a set of men who truckle to the worst passions of the lowest people, who, not content to wheedle the mob, condescend to obey them—who eat to-day the big words they spouted yesterday ; then, to-morrow, retract to day's retraction, and throw themselves upon the protection of the country, whom it should have been theirs to protect. Other Ministers have indulged the ambition of power— these have but the craving of office. The passion for power is a dignified vice—the lust of office is a shabby one. Do these proud men—for they are among the proudest of their generation, though it be a " pride that licks the dust"-L-do they imagine that in all this great country there is any constituency, or any society, we had almost said any individual, by whom they are not under stood and scorned ? To be hated and feared has been, to many, a tempting, though somewhat diabolical, lot ; but to be hated and despised is a wish peculiar to Whigs. It is fulfilled to their hearts' content—fulfilled unto the utter most parts of the kingdom —ay, of the earth itself. It was necessary only that they should be understood, and time, as it has discovered, has disgraced them. "I he people have seen, year after year, measures originated, or distorted, or sacrificed, to suit the one purpose of keeping in the Minis ters. They have begun to ask themselves what the Ministers have done in return for being kept in so long ? And the an swer is, that Ministers have done their best to keep them selves in a little longer. No man can say that they are defi cient in singleness of purpose. They have but that one object, and from it they never shrink, swerve, nor flinch. Consietent in nothing else, they are eminently consistent in their shah-1 biness. When the Reform Bill was introduced, a great pr , r portion of the peopie - believed that it was for the country 8 sake. Nothing, we fancy, can be further from the truth. The Whigs had come into office with three watchwords non-interference, retrenchment, and Reform. The situa tion of the Continent, unsettled by the Parisian rek.olution; and by the contest between Holland and lielgintni mach; non-interference impracticable ) cud the impracticability of non-interference was necessarily a prohibition upon rt.; trenchment, even if the Duke of Welliienti htkd not then already pushed retrenchm e nt pr et t y near to i ts fu rt h es t limits, Two 6r their three staples failing; it boafiie cessary to throw eVerything,Upon the third I Mid thus Re form was obliged OS do 'treble duty, and perform by itself the whole leek *bleb had been intended "to be shared by non-interfereoce and retrenchment. A treble at2'l° pf Reform was accordi n gly admini t t e r e d, a n d the MIL-livers were hailed As the Txio3t patriotic of men for introducing a measure which they believed would answer the two fold purpose of concealing their deSciencies on the other points of expectation, and fixing their party in office for ever. They begin prosperously. The first Parliament elected under the Reform Bill compromised a majority of Wh;gs, strong enough to overbear the Conservatives and disregard the Radicals. Then their natural pride took its course, and they indulged it freely. 'Then Mr. O'Connell was in their mouths very much what Mr. Papineau is now, and Mr. Hume appeared to be at a discount. But an other Parliament brought another distribution of forces. The Conservatives were almost 300 mcal. What was to be done ? What, but to court the Radicals, and the Ant:- Protestants, English and Irish--to hold out temptations instead of threatening prosecutions, to give patronage instead of punishment, to malign the Church and the Clergy, to rob the Protestant faith of its support, and the very edifice of its repairs —from time to time, to hold out hopes of larger and still larger changes, and dangle new baits at the Radicals, English and Irish. Again the Parliament is dissolved as the Crown is demised, and Conservatives increase their forces yet further. The Radicals must have a check, but there must be a boon for the* to. So the Ballot is peremptorily refused ; but a few wretched hundreds, which the Ministers were a thousand times sworn to defend, were placed at the mercy of a Par liamentary Committee to be taken from some two or three miserable pensioners. Are those things wicked ? Yes, notoriously : but it is not for this that we mention them, not because they are so notoriously wicked, but because they are so incomparably shabby. One leading feature of the shabby policy is, that its administrators must be al ways changing it, whether, as in Ireland, they b , gin by big words, or whether, as in Canada, they breathed concession and compliance—for the two opposite policies were simultaneously tried in these respective countrie•—still there was a change to follow speedily. They were unable to go on with the high tone in Ireland, because they could do no thing without Mr. O'Connell in the House of Commons. The showy was checked by the shabby. They were unable to go on with the conciliatory tone in Canada, because, after having been repeatedly kicked and buffeted by their friends for something more, as idols are beaten by their wor shippers, they came at length to a point at which they feared the indignation of the mother country. And here they are now overawed by Ireland to despoil a Church— affronted by Canada to rescind a charter—dunned by Ame rica to extend a frontier—bullied for Ballot—coerced for patronage—hating, fearing, doubting, shuffling, smiling, crying—detested by the English Radicals, who openly ex pose and denounce, though they still vote with them—de tested equally by the Irish anti-Protestants, who hate and vote with them, but do not so openly denounce or expose —here they are, dependent yet unsteady, servile yet irrita ble, the creatural in public of men with whom in private they shrink from even associating—rash and timid, over bearing and abject, proud and shabby, the slur, the shame, and, if they last much longer, the curse of the country.— Times. Mr. Wallace has certainly, through his Parliamentary labours, rendered very great service to the cause of Post office reform, and we think that all those who are in the habit of receiving or transmitting letters, whether in con nection with commercial or professional pursuits, or as• the medium of keeping alive the warmth of private friendship, owe him a debt of gratitude for his exer tions in facilitating the transmission of epistolary corre spondence, which, at least, deserves the strongest expres sion of their thanks. Out of doors Mr. Wallace will have to encounter a rival, or we should more properly say an efficient auxiliary, in the person of Mr. Rowland Hill. Since Mr. Hill took up the subject of Post-office Reform, he has been eminently fortunate in arresting the attention of almost every class of persons in a way commensurate with the importance of the question. Month after month, and even at lesser intervals, has Mr. Hill appeared in one shape or another, either in pamphlet, newspaper letter, or Par liamentary petitions in all of which he brought the matter before the public view, and invariably succeeded, by a happy elucidation of the evils of ate existing system, and by pointing out, without exaggeration or intemperance, what he, upon deliberation, considered would be improve ments, in concestratin; a mass of opinion, which, at uo distant day, must, by well-directed efforts, secure the adop tion of such changes as will give the community all the advantages which the Post-office, as a groat national esta blishment, could reasonably be expected, under the best possible management, to bestow. Mr. Hill, we observe, has addressed a courteous communication to Lord Lichfield, in which, after thanking his Lordship for the condescension with which ho has invariably been in the habit of receiving his suggestions, he announces his determination of publishing a series of letters, in order to remove prejudice, combat by argument false notions, and prove the utility of the plans which he recommends. This is as it ought to be ; it is by such a course of procedure, where no motives can exist for the perpetuation of defects and abuses, save the misconcep tion of what is right, that the object will be best attained, and the public interest niost efficiently served. In a late article we entreated such persons as Mr. Wallace and Dir. Rowland Hill, who are engaged in an impnrtantundertaking, not by their ardour to he led into a discourteous or unfair warfare with the officers of the Post-office establishment, which could have no other effect than that of weakening their position, and creating obstacles to the removal of abuses which otherwise might not have existed. Of what use in the world can it be, that because we may differ in opinion from the views entertained by those who have practical experience of those things which we are only ac quainted with in theory, we should all at once fly into a passion and impute selfish and impure motives to them, when we should coolly argue the business with them. As Postmaster-General, we are bound to say, that Lord Lich field has not evinced any disposition to patronize a stand still policy, when it was found that a change might be be neficially- hazarded, and we aro sure that we but speak the sentiments of the public when we avert that Col. Waberley has not only exercised the important functions of his office in a manner the most advatatasgeous to the community, but has at all times been ready to profit. by the experience of others rho have been in a condition to furnish him with useful information. When we behold such individuals at the head of the Post-office department, we cannot too strongly reprehend any recourse having been had to petty pesonal attacks, when facts and argum,:nis ought only to be rued.—Monfing didvertiscr. CATARACT.—Mr. Stevenson's popular work on this frequent form of blindness announced in another part of our impression in addition to the fullest information on ail points connected selith the interesting subject, discloses the author's mild and effectual method of mewling sight to the greatest attainable perfection, not only Itt the very onset, but at any subsequent stage of the disuse, whereby the patient is re leased from the terrors, delays, and dangers, inarable from the operation of couch*. Trials, have lately been made at Christiania, in Nor way of a new species of shell, which, although it weighs only 401b5., does as much damage in bursting as an ordinary shell of 1501bs. It is the invention of Captain Frederiksez, of the Norwegian navy, and M. E•mtrch, professor of natural history and chemistry at the University of Christiania. NAPLES, DEC. 19.—A droll adventure occurred yesterday before the Cafe d'ltalia, near the Royal Palace. An English sailor, animated by the juice of the grape, hap pened to run foul of a soldier, who in return began to abuse him with all the usual invectives of a Neapolitan vocabulary. A diabgue ensued, from which neither of the disputants de rived much edification, etch carrying it on in his own national dialect. In a few minutes afterwards about half-a -dozen other soldiers arrived from the neighbouring cavalry guard house, and joined their comrade. The sailor protested that he had been quite innocent of any intention to give offence ; but the soldiers, confident in their superior numbers, insisted upon his going to the guard-house. After some further altercation two of them attempted to lay hands upon him, when Jack losing all patience, had his jacket off in a twinkling, and challenged the whole set to come on, and show what they were made of. Those who were nearest to him receives instant proofs of the vigour of his arm, whereupon th e w h ole set scampered off in quick time, whilst Jack, after adjusting his the hi inmates, s costume, walked leisurely away, but not without stopping to discharge h o a w volley , manifestedof oaths into th e the i a t e r d s t - ho u wish to renew thes e ; Oboe altercation.—Allyenteine Zeitung DIARY OF THE TIMES OF GEORGE IT WITH ORIGINAL LETTERS OF QUEEN CAROLINE, &c.--This work opens to our view the secret history of our Court and of our Royal Family for more than half a century. We have enter taining narratives, amusing descriptions, spirited sketches, all combining to constitute a most interesting work. A perusal of these important volumes will not tend, however, to raise either Courts or Royalty in the public estimation. A number of the letters, anecdotcs,and private memoranda, written when the unhappy Princess was in Italy, are very entertaining, and are full of exposures of Foreign Counts, politicians, noblemen, and intriguers of every description. We have not had for a long time an opportunity of calling the attention of our read ers :to so excellent a work. To be justly appreciated it mul be read continuously, and not in detached passages, —Dispatch. for having dese'rted j t - he rule s s for great stickler • and Mr. Conner; up and left the body to which he - 1 ' ' 's ..li i. - s a contrit . r',. , - ,u 3 .4,.n of 3s. ....I . . _:e_.:11,:„.• 4" - ilik". - , vsibo were , ‘ Aolrlappen A e7._...,. a _:,146 ated tl 4 .E, ~,,,e_f,.not,permit SU ; . ,;" -_, Axil 1 1. t s met ob t .i jvi . : . lin't.es blishm Z, , -, ~ —"tind,'My God - i • a ..4 „ii NOVEL CASE. . „ titrl ul hanniiri b 6 purchased of bon o a s c the ekeelitOrs of the late John oan, 2;al Pi,i4t.Covves Caitle; With the furniture, together with the outbuildings, planfe: grounds, Ad; tin taking possession he found a man of the nti.me of Tatitir with his. daughters in the lodge, who ' lifkVing been lliiitij ydari ernfildy had lived there tent free ; his children attending , the gat; acid his ficifdihip Very kindly . continued him on the pretnises. A shoit time back haft died; *hen. ,Lord S. Wishing to place his gardener in the lodge, gate tfylof ; tt itatied Of it; requesting_ them to get another house as errly as.illey ton tenienq eptild, al he Wished td haie a man residing at the gate. Finding they n'iade hh Efitlit; the reason Was asked, when the answer given was that no one would let them a house. as they were afraid of the rent; his Lordship offered to be- Cbttie an§werahle for it 4, but it was no go; he then took a for them, d ending in coals, &c,, for their use; but this house was too small. " Then what house would suit them ?" " Why, none but the lodge, which they were determined net to leave; and if Lord S. hal any fUrther communications to make, he must do it through their attorney, Mr. Cruikshanks, of Gosport !" It is supposed that some person has persuaded these foolish women that as they have resided in the lodge above :10 years (about 21) without paying any rent, the property becomes theirs. If this should prove to be the law, we expect a great many gentlemen will find their lodges, garden-houses, &c., longer their properry, but that of their servants. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. ( From the Hampshire Telegraph.) PORTSI.IOUTIT, JAN. 13.—The Inconstant, 36, Capt. Pring, sailed on Saturday with the first division of the 93d High landers, from Cove for Halifax. The Pique, 36, had arrived at San Sebastian, and no doubt before this has landed the men of the late Legion at Cove ; and, having embarked the re. mainder of the 93d Regiment, followed the Inconstant. The So►ereign transport, Lieut. Nash, Agent, is ordered to fit with all haste and take in provisions for 200 men, whom she will embark at Cork, most probably to augment the troops in the West Indies, weakened by the regiment which the Cornwallis will convey to Halifax. The Minden, 74, Capt. A. R. Sharpe, arrived at Gibraltar from Lisbon on the 29th ult. ; and the Orestes, 18, Comman der Newell, the same day, from the Spanish coast. The Sardinian frigate Eurydice arrived at Gibraltar on Christmas-day, 65 days from Rio Janeiro. The Partridge,' 0-gun brig, has been commissioned by Lieut. W. Morris (8), 1813; she is not attached as before to the Royal George yacht. The New York packet President, Captain Chadwick, sailed yesterday for New York. Captain Calder and Mr. Case, of the 32d Regiment, went passengers in hor. The Apollo frigate is ordered to be got ready as a troop ship with the utmost expedition ; 300 men are employed upon her. One side will be fitted up on a plan suggested by Mr. Blake, the master builder of this yard, and the other side in the usual manner. Captain John Coode, C. 8., who commanded the Albion, 74, at the bombardment of Algiers in 1816, is appointed Cap tain Superintendent of Plymouth Hospital, vice Captain Phipps Homby. The Tyne, 28, Hon. Captain Townshend, !ailed on Tuesday to the Mediterranean. The Phoenix steamer, at present on the north coast of Spain, having been found defective and requiring repairs, is to be replaced by the Dee, now fitting at Woolwich. The Isabella Government freight ship sailed on Tuesday, for Van Diemen's Land. It is said Captain Hyde Parker has consented to accept the situation of Captain Superintendent of Woolwich Dockyard, and that Captain Mends, of the Talavera, will succeed him in the command of the Rodney. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.—Lieut. J. L. Parkin (late Flag-Lieutenant to Sir William Gage) is promoted to the rank of Comm - alder ; Mr. J. S. Hill, Second Master, to the Britomart ; Mr. John G. Williams, Assistant-Surgeon, to the Espoir ; Messrs. C. R. Kinnear, and J. M. Minster, Assistant- Surgeons to the Royal Adelaide ; Lieut. G. Beau foy, and Mr. J. C. Mottley, Assistant-Surgeon, to the Nau tilus ; Mr. J. W. Symonds, Second Master, Mr. W. Thomas, Additional Clerk-in-Charge, and J. Armit Miller, Assistant- Surgeon, to the Partridge ; Mr. A. Housloy, Additional As sistant-Surgeon, to the Britannia; Mr. George Bruce, Car penter, from the Portsmouth Ordinary, to the Excellent. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 11.—The President, 52, sailed on Friday last, for South America; and the Thunder, surveying vessel, for the West Indies ; the Columbia steamer arrived on Fri day, and sailed on Saturday for the coast of Spain; the Mes senger also arrived from Portsmouth, the same day, and pro ceeded for Woolwich on the Wednesday following ; the Tyne, 28, Capt. Townsend, arrived on Wednesday front Portsmouth, and sailed again on the same evening for the Mediterranean ; the Mutine Packet, Lieut. Pelvic, arrived on Thursday from Falmouth. The lever target, for practice without the expenditure of powder and shot, invented some years since by Capt. George Smith, R. N., and adopted in our nary, has been lately intro duced in the service of the Sardinian artillery and navy. A machine for preventing the collision of steam-vessels in a fog has also been perfected, at considerable expense, under the di rection of Capt. G. Smith ; the principle of which is to strike a gong by a cluck-work apparatus which is totally indepen dent of the engine or paddles, and can be equally used while the vessel is at anchor or under weigh. The great advantage of this invention is, that the course the steamer is pursuing is correctly pointed out. An invention for a similar purpose, lately promulgated by Lieut. Bellaire, depends entirely on the movement of the steam engine ; therefore if the steamer be lying too, or at anchor, no notice of her situation is given. The officers of the French frigate Dryade, in the Tagus, lately exhibited to our naval officers there a spare anchor, with which she is furnished, and which takes to pieces. It was put together with great facility, and is somewhat similar to one . invented by Captain G. Smith, when in the Ganges, in 1829 ; and also that invented by Messrs. Mogan and Little, of this town ; the shank in all of them being principally inserted in a hole in the corner of the anchor. MEMORAND 11;;;L;T:0Ct. 18, 1 ti37.—All flag officers who have been appointed to commands, or to ports, since the first of January, 1837, and who shall hereafter be appointed, to be allowed a fresh entry of one volunteer of the first class, in addition to the one applied for by the captain of the flag-ship. BRIGADE ORDER.—Major- General Sir J. B. Savage can not retire from the command of the corps of the Royal Ma rines (in which he has served for a period of sixty-one years), without expressing the gratification which he has, upon all occasions, derived from its loyalty, discipline, and professional value. He feels confident of their upholding, in all after times, the high and distinguished reputation which they have already so deservedly attained ; and leaves them with a re quest that they will accept the assurance of his lasting best wishes and regard for their welfare, prosperity, and renown. —By command, J. WILSON, A. A.G., Commandant, Royal Marines. (From the Devsnport Independent.) PLYSIOUTZ, JAN. 13.—A t the paying off of the Malabar at this port, on Friday last, the following voluntary subscriptions were raised among the seamen ♦nd handed to the Treasurers of the respective institutions :—Naval end Military Bible So ciety, 21. 10s. ; Naval and Military Boys' Free School, 21. 191. 3d.; Female Orphan Asylum for the Daughters of Seamen and Marines, 31. 4s. 4d. The Malabar, 74, was warped from her moorings alongside the jetty on Monday, for the purpose of being taken into dock and examined, previous to her being put into commission. The Espoir, 10, Lieutenant Festing, was warped alongside the sheerhulk on Thursday to have her masts put on board, and brought alongside the jetty to be rigged, the same day. The Alligator, 28, Captain Sir John James Gordon Bremer, went out of Barnpool on Saturday into the Sound. The Tyne, 28, Captain Townshend, arrived on Wednesday from,Portsmouth, and sailed again on Thursday for the Me diterranean, to relieve H.M.S. Saphire, 28, Captain C. Rowley, whose period of service has expired. The sloop Racehorse, 12, Commander William Henry Crauford, was warped to her sailing moorings on Saturday. The Forte, 44, is ordered to be fitted as a receiving hulk for the Legion coming from Spain. The Hythe victualling-hoy, having been repaired, was launched from the mast slip in this Dock-yard on Wednesday. Commodore John Taylor, son of Mr. N. Taylor, is pro moted to the rank of Rear Admiral of the Brazilian Navy. Lord John Browne, third son of the Marquis of Sligo, has just been appointed Volunteer of the First Class to H.M.S. Racehorse, fitting at this pert. In Harmoaze—Royal Adelaide, San Josef, Lily, Racehorse, Espoir, and Mutine packet. In Barnpool—Britomart.—ln the Sound—Alligator. Miss Charlotte Fifc has been appointed Ward-Matron of Plymouth Hospital, v. Miss Nicholson, deceased. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals, Jan. 11.—The Elvira, Simpson, from Bengal, off Liverpool, sailed July 30 ; Cape, Nov. 2. ; and St. Helena, Nev. 2. Arrival at Penang.—The Ann, Griffith!, from Bombay for China. Arrival at Madras.—The Adelaide, Guthrie, Sept. 26, from Calcutta, and sailed the 27th for London. Arrivals at Singapore.—The Blakeley, Snipe, August 16, f ro m Bengal, and sailed on the 1 7th for China ; ir H. Comp ton, from Bombay, and sailed August 21 for China; Eleanor, Simons, Aug. 18, from Penang ; Zephyr, Robinson, Aug. is, from Borneo ; Amelia, Rosso, Aug. 18, from Batavia, and sailed on the 22d fur —; Danish Oak, Rabe, Aug. 19, from Pedeir, and sailed on the 23d for China ; Jamaica, Martin, Aug. 19, from Bombay, and sailed on the 20th for China ; Hams Castle, Aug. 19, from Bombay, for China. Departures from Singapore.—Tho Emma and Mathilde, Janson, for Harnburgh ; Columbian, Pritchard, Sir John 13eresford, Mitchell, and Hero, Smallwood, all for London ; the latter in want of light freight, and filling up with hides, pe pper, and gambier. Departure from Simon's Bay (Cape.)—The Barossa, Grey, Oct. 30, for Cork. Departure from Table Bay.—The Charles Carter, Chris tall, Nov. 1, for St. Helena and Rio. Arrivals at St. Helena.—The Hero, Smallwood, from Siam and Singapore ; Lady East, Emery, Nov. 20, from Bombay. Arrivals at Sincrapore.—The Edinburgh, Marshall, in Sep tember, from Bombay to China. Ships Spoken With.—The Red Rover, Patterson, from London to Cape and Singapore, Dec. 3, in lat. 3. N., by the Bulo, arrived off Plymouth. The books of the Bank of England are said to be kept in triplicate—the original being at the Bank, one copy l o dged in the Tower, and another in some place of safety. LA W INTELLIGENCE. . CO Ura l Oft OtTEEIVS PENC.H, .I.lx. 12. THE QUEEN V. THE liliiii§ifthfE# POOLE. Th 4 ATTORNEY- GENERAL showed a(fainst a rule for a nviiidgMli to he diteeted to the defendants, C.CMltianding thsm to issue their' vtiflr - F 4) t of diStress to compel payment of a poor rats. It was clear on the Nee of. the aTdavit in support of the rule that the rule must be discharge Two persons, Custard and Sydesham, were appointed dit4l-ee.t.'e oe the 6tii iit Aptl/ i 1827, and in the summer of that year Made a rate for the feßef of the poor. In the first place, these persons had been illegally appelinted Overseers by the miyoft ; its the absence of the other Ccfrotatora. Their ap pointment had theft l&e been protested against, a 0 invalid. Of course the rate made by than *as resisted, as made without attfhotity. There had been an appeal against the rate, and it had 'beef, gitOslred. The present application Was to enforce a rate which had heed /mashed, and the Court yvOtild not exercise its power in favour or art application Sir W. FoLLETT supported the rule. Lord DENMAN said that the whole difficulty in the ew.e arose, as it seemed to him, from eertain Magistrates haring chosen to act rid improper part is the appointment of the over seers. The rate being a nullity, could not be enforced in the manner now sought. It was it great imputation on these par ties that these disputes should have taken the course they had done, but the Court could riot correct this. The Quarter Ses sions must be taken to have acted rightly, and the parties making this application had not put themselves in a situatioa to claim the interference of this Court. Rule discharged with costs. THE QUEEN V. BUNNF.LL. This was an application for a mandamus to the defendant to issue his warrant to distrain for a highway rate in the parish of Bethnal-green. The question intended to he raised was, whether the rate could be imposed by the select vestry, or must be agreed to in open vestry? The COURT finding that the parties applying for the man damus were willing to indemnify the Magistrates, and thinking that the question could be raised on the return to the writ, in terrupted the arguments, and made the rule absolute. JANUARY 13. THE KING V. PEPPER. Mr. TIMMER appeared to show cause against the rule obtained by the Attorney-General last term in this case. It was for as. infor mation In the nature of a quo warranto, calling upon the defendant, Henry Pepper, to show by what authority he exercised the franchise of a burgess of the borough of Mahlon in Essex. It was objected to ti t defendant that he exercised the franchise contrary to the provisions of the original Charter, granted in the reign of George the Third, because his father having been admitted to the freedom of the borough by mar riage, and the son having been born previously to the father's admis. sian, his claim should have been made within six months of the period when he became so entitled. He (Mr. Thessiger) had, however, some preliminary objections to offer which he hoped would dispose of the question without at all considering the merits. In the first place, ac cording to a recent Statute, the application was out of time. By the 7th William IV. and -Ist Victoria, chap. 78, it was by the 9.3 d section enacted, that from and after the passing of that Act (17th July, 1937), every application to the Court of King's Bench for the purpose of calling upon any person to show by what authority he exercised any fran. chise or filled any office in any borough, should be made within twelve months after such election, or after the person, shall have become dis. qualified, and not at any subsequent time. ft might be alleged that that Act merely applied to offices under the new Corporation Act, but there was nothing in the words of the section to distinguish the present from the other cases. The application had not been made till last term, and if the section applied it was certainly out of time, the defendant having been admitted to his freedom on the 24th Sept. 1832. Mr. Justice LtrrLenkLE enquired what was the limitation under the former Statute. Mr. THF.SSIOER —By the 32d. Geo. 111., cap. 58, which was the former Act, it was provided that " no information in the nature of a qto warrant() calling upon any person to show by what authority he exercised any office or franchise should issue after the person had exercised that office of franchise for a period of six years." But if the Court was of opinion that the Ist Victoria merely applied to the lately established boroughs, there was another objection which appeared to him to be fatal to the inquiry, and that was that the party was not ex. ercising any franchise at all, and had no power do so. At the last re. vision of the list of voters for the borough the name of Mr. Pepper had been objected to, and the Revising Barrister had struck it out, and yet in the month of November following, the defendant was called upon by a quo warranto to show by what authority he exercised that franchise. He submitted that that objection was fatal to the case. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL and Mr. Cn ANNeLL were heard in support of the rule. _ . The COURT took time to consider its decision. THE KING V. THE DIRECTORS OF THE POOR OF TOR PARISI( OF ST. PANCRAS. Sir W. FoLLErr moved in this Case for a rule to show cause why a verdict should not be entered for the defendants by leave of the learned Judge. The case was heard before Mr. Justice Coleridge, at the sit. tings after last term, and arose out of the exposure of a child under the following circumstances :—On the 11th May last a woman had gone to the Foundling Hospital, and given the porter a basket, directed to the Governor or Secretary, which was subsequently found to contain a male infant. By direction of the officers of the hospital the child was car. Heti to the workhouse, but the parochial authorities refused to receive it, and it was taken back, and still remained at the Foundling Hospital. The question was, whether under such circumstances the parish was bound so maintain the child. The Learned Gentleman here referred to the charter originally granted to the hospital in the year 1739, by which they were bound to support and maintain all exposed and de. serted children. Mr. Justice Cotaalooc observed that the regulations of the hospital were, that the mother must appear before the Governors before they re ceived any child, and it was competent to them to refuse or admit any child, according as they thought fit. Sir W. FOLLETT contended that such regulations ware at variance with the letter and spirit of the charter, and under such circumstances the parish of St. Pancras submitted that they were not responsible for the maintenance of the child. He would further observe ,that although the hospital was within the parish, it was not within the juris diction of the parochial offices, and therefore the exposure could not be said to hays occurred within the parish. Lord DENMAN thought what had been done at the trial was perfectly eorreet. It was clear that the hospital had never received the child, and that they also had the power of receiving or rejecting it. The ex. posure of the infant had certainly taken place within the parish, and came within the term " casual poor," and unless the parish could throw the burden elsewhere, they were undoubtedly bound to maintain it.— Refused. BAIL COURT, JAN. 12. On the sitting of the Court this morning the Duke of Man chester took the usual oaths as Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the county of Huntingdon, and Roderick M'Leod, Esq. as Lieutenant of the county of Cromarty. Af ter disposing of some motions of no public interest his Lord. ship sat at Nisi Prius. BUSINESS OF T/IE COURT. On the first case being called on, the Learned Judge sa:d he wished that the gentlemen of the bar would come to some arrangement among themselves, so that those cases that were set down for trial at the sittings in Term, which were likely to occupy the Court a considerable time, might be postponed un til the sittings after Term. The gentlemen of the bar, in obedience to leis Lordship's suggestion, mentioned the names of several causes, each of which were likely to occupy the Court a considerable time. The Learned Judge ordered the trials of each of them to be postponed until the sittings after Term. WALKER P. WOOLCOT AND OTHERS. Mr. Platt stated that this action was brought to recover damages for an illegal distress and trespass. The plaintiff was a watch-case maker, and rented a house in Gray's Inn-lane of the defendant Woolcott of which the latter agreed to pay all rates and taxes, but when the plaintiff claimed to deduct the amount of such rates and taxes from the rent due to the defendant, N'Veolcott the latter refused to allow the claim, and subsequently, with the other defendants, in the absence of the plaintiff, entered and took possession of the house, seized the plaintiff's tools, &c., and afterwards sold them for about a fourth of their ♦alue, in addition to which the defendant Woolcott had kept pos session of the house ever since. _ _ Several witnesses were examined, who proved the state ment made by the Learned Counsel. Mr. Justice PATTISON summed up the evidence, and the jury returned a verdict against the defendant Woolcott— Damages, 201.1 and against the other defendants for 11., the amount they had paid into Court. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Jix. 12. RYAN V. STACKPOOLE. Mr. Serjeant WILDE, in this case obtained, on behalf of the plaintiff's attorney, a rule nisi for a reriew• of the taxation of costs, on the ground that they had been taxed in his absence upon entirely ex-parte statements. WILMOTT AND OTHERS V. WLTIIERALL, K NT. This case was tried at Westminster during the sittings after last Term. It was an action of trespass. in which the subject of contention was a small piece of waste land in the neigh bourhood of Twickenham, which the plaintiffs claimed as the trustees of certain property in the parish for the benefit of the poor. A verdict for forty shillings was taken for the plain tiff by consent, with leave to move to enter up the judgment for defendent on certain pleas. Mr. Sergeant WILDE now applied for a rule nisi, pursuan. to that permission.—The Court granted a rule nisi. ' COURT OF EXCHEQUER.—JaN, 12. ELLIOTT V. THOMAS, Mr. ALEXANDER appeared against a rule obtained by Mr. Cresswell, calling upon the plaintiff to show cause why the verdict should not be reduced to 24d., or a new trial granted. Two kinds of steel bad been supplied at the same time by the plaintiff to the defendant, and on the defendant refusing to pay for them, as not according to order, an action had been brought against him, on which a verdict was found for the plaintiff for the whole amount claimed. This rule had been obtained by Mr. Cresswell, on the ground that the acknowledgment of th• acceptance of one kind of steel did not sufficiently prove the contract for the other kind also. After some argument, it was decided that, unless the plain tiff would agree to take 24/. as the amount of the verdict, and to receive the cast steel back, a new trial would be granted. .I.l.vuArty 13. DAILNY V. FRANKLIN. This was an action for the recovery of 1151. 12s. 6d., which the plaintiff had paid for 25 shares in the South Lancashire Banking Com pany, which had never been delivered. The verdict was for the plaintiff. Last term Mr. ALEXANDER had obtained a rule Nisi for a new trial. From the reading over of the Judge's notes of the trial, it ap. peared that a person named Gill, of Sunderland, had applied for shares in the above Company in 1836. 100 were allotted to him, and he ob. tained the certificates fur them. Upon the face of these certificates it was stated that they were not transferable without the consent of th• Directors. In October he sold the 25 shares in question to the defen. darts, who again sold them to the plaintiff', giving at the same time the certificates for the 25 shares, but without at any time having obtained the consent of the Directors to either transfer. In the meantime Gill became bankrupt, and his assignees reclaimed the shares, he being in fact the legal owner of the shares. The plaintiff had in the meantime settled in account with the defendent for the shares, allowing 1151. 12s. 6d. for them, which was the sum he sought to recover by his action. Dlr. CagsswELL now allowed cause against the rule, and having stated these facts, Mr. Baron P&RKB said he thought the rule had been answered, and called upon the other side to support it. 111 r. ALEXANDER said his first ground of objection was that it had never been left to the jury to say whether at the time of the settlement there had been any contract that the shares were to be e ;livered within a reasonable time. Ce•JRT said that was immaterial, as it must naturally be inferred. Mr. A LexANtax would not press his point against the opinion of the Court. He th‘n submitted that Gill was the apparent owner of the shares, a•id that they were in fact transferable, notwithstanding that which ap peared on the face of them, and that it was notorious that they wore in fact transferred every day. The COURT must take the facts as they stood in evidence. The legal effect of the words on the face of the certificate made Gill not only the apparent, but the true owner, of the shares, and therefore they would pass to his assignees. The ItiVe must be discharged. ADMIRALTY COURT, JAN. 12. THE PERTH COLLISION. This is a suit for compensation for damages sustained in a collision which occurred on the 4th of January, 1837, off the Coast of Suffolk, between a collier brig, the Arid, heavily laden, on its voyage from Newcastle to London, and a steam vessel of 1,400 tons burden, the Perth, on its voyage from London to Dundee, It appeared that at the time of the acci dent, about half-past six or seven in the evening, the weather wds ?. 4 4 " hazy or foggy," that the crew of the steamer did not see the approach of the brig, in consequence of her having no lights ; that the master, or some of the men of the Aridcried c'nt to the other testel to " put her helm a-port," which was done, though it is all_•ged by the crew of the steamer that no such advice was heard by them ; and that, finally, the steamer struck the other ce!ael on the larboard it is contended by one party, on the starboard quarter by the other, and that damage to the amount of 126/ was done to the Arid. Mr. 13unr4Any appeared in behalf of the owners of the Arid. The Coma', who was assisted by two of the Elder Brethren of the Trinity House, stated at some length the details of the case. The Court, accordingly, condemned the owners of the Perth in damages and costs. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MA RLB ORO UGH- S TREET. Friday Mr. Wright. a performer at the S. James's Theatre, appeared before Mr. DYER and Mr. CONANT to an swer a charge of assault made by his wife. The same parties were at the office a short time ago on account of their disa greements. It then came out that they lived apart, and that the wife had borne the husband one child, which she kept pos session of, as it was not more than a few months old. Mr. Wright mentioned on that occasion that his principal reason for separating from his wife wag because he had cohabited with her for some time before her marriage. Mrs. Wright admitted this to be true, and added that before and after marriage she had supplied Mr. Wright with money, and that after he had spent the whole of her little property he had abandoned her. _ _ A very sapient-looking personage here stepped forward to give evidence. Mr. CONANT—Do you know anything respecting the be haviour of the complainant to her child? Witness—l do, in deed. I know enough to satisfy the minds of the Bench on that head. I should have rather wished not to be called upon for my testimony, but having been called upon, why, I shall not hesitate to state all the facts within my own knowledge. Being the father of a family, and also a married man, and with ample opportunities of knowing all about the manage ment of a young family, I can venture to affirm that I should' not like Mrs. Wright to nurse one of my own children. Mr. CONANT-I3ut can you not give some reason? Is she fond of the child ? Witness—Oh, yes ; I can't deny that ; but, as I have before said, being the father of a family and also a married man, I can safely assert that if the child were mine, which I assure it is not. I would sooner have my own wife nurse it than anybody else. Mr. CONANT remarked that the witness did not appear, by his testimony, to have thrown much light on the matter. Mrs. Wright called a respectable-looking woman who lived in the same house with her, to speak as to her conduct towards the child. The witness said a more attentive or a more tender mother than Mrs. Wright could not be. Mrs. Wright said her fear was that her husband would go off to America, and take the child with him. She had been informed it was his intention to leave England shortly. Mr. CONANT (addressing Mr. Wright) told him that his conduct was unfeeling►, both towards the infant and its mother, in separating them. In his public situation character ought to be of some consequence, and such a transaction as he had been a party to could not operate to his advantage. Mrs. Wright could bear anything but the loss of her infant. If the child was not restored she would go to St. James's Theatre, and in the face of the audience publicly demand it from her husband. Mr. DYER said the Bench had no power to order the child to be given up. lie should recommend some mutual fricad to interfere, in order to procure an adjustment of tho business.— The defendant was then held to bail. Q UEEN- 8 Q UA RE. George Howard and Fanny Price were on Friday placed at the bar, and separately examined, charged with having stolen a quantity of jewellery, valued at upwards of 504, the property of Thomas Frederick Elliot, Esq , a gentleman holding a high situation in the Colonial Office, nearly related, we believe, to the Earl of Minto. The prisoners were remanded until Tuesday, and the inspector was directed to make every in quiry with regard to the property. DUBLIN REGISTRY.—We blush for the Liberal freeholders of the county of Dublin, whon we announce that at the registration on Saturday but one claimant was found to come forward, although notice had beer. served for hundreds duly qualified. The enemy was on the alert, and registered 15. We trust that the neglect will be atoned for without delay. There occurred a curious case—a Conservative claimant seeking to qualify on an inoperative lease, and out of lands as to the locality of which he was ignorant.—Pilot. GENERAL WASHINGTON.—The remains of this illustrious man, the father and saviour of his country, were re cently placed in the sarcophagus made by Mr. Struthers of this city, from whom we learn that when the vault and coffin were opened, the sacred form of Washington was discovered in wonderful state of preservation. The high, pale brow wore a calm and serene expression ; and the lips, pressed still together, had a grave and solemn smile, such as they doubtless wore when the first President gave up his blameless mortal life for an immortal existence— " When his soft breath, with pain, Was yielded to the elements again." Tho impressive aspect of the great departed overpowered Om man whose lot it was to transfer the hallowed dust to its last tenement, and he was unable to conceal his emotions. Ho placed his hand upon the ample forehead, once highest in the ranks of bsttle, or throbbing with the cares of an infant em pire ; and he lamented, we doubt not, that the voice of fame could not provoke that silent clay to life again, or pour its tones of revival into the dull cold ear of death. The last act of patriotic sepulture was- thus consummated, and the figure, which we can scarcely dissociate from an apotheosis, con signed to its low, dim, mansion, to be seen no more until mortal shall put on immortality, and the bright garments of endless corruption. —Philadelphia Gazette. The first public performance of Madame Dulcken since her appointment of pianists to the Queen created quite a furore in Bath on Wednesday last, and is spoken of by contemporary critic in the following manner :—" What are we to say of Madame Dulcken ? The highest encomiums our me tropolitan contemporaries have bestowed fall short of the opi nion we wish to express of this lady's magnificent perform ance. Weber's concert-stuck was a most felicitous choice. as it aff,rds ample opportunity to exhibit her extraordinary mechanical powers, whilst it belongs to that high order of composition calling into action the deepest feeling and pathos." JUVENILE TEMPTATION.—In his schoolmas ter's garden there was a pear tree that produced very fine fruit, which was in the highest degree tempting to the bug. and which they considered as their lawful booty : but the difficulty was how to get at them. The boldest were afraid to make the attempt. Young Nelson offered to undertake the hazardous enterprise : his companions lowered him down by means of sheets from the window of their bedroom, and, after he had stripped the tree, drew him up with the pears, which he divided among his schoolfellows, without reserving ono for himself. I only took them,' he said, because all the other boys were afraid.'—Naval Keepsake for 1838, con taining a Life of Nelson, by the Old Sailor. LADIES' SECOND-HAND GOLD WATCH. GOLD NECK CHAIN, GOLD SEAL and KEY, are offered. in case complete, for Fourteen Guineas. The Watch is warranted to perform correctly, jewelled, and with gold dial. The Chain is 1 1 % yard long; Seal and Key of the best description. As Second hand Watches suitable for the purpose are obtained, they are fitted with Key, Seal, and Ring, and also with Gold Neck Chain, so al to form sets above described; and, consequently, a set, and some' times several sets, are constantly for sale. T. COX SAVORY'S, Watchmaker, Jeweller, and Silversmith, 47, Cornhill, London. (Seven Doors from Gracechurch-street.) BIRTHS. On the 9th inst., at Wiverton Hall, Nottinghamshire, the lady of J. G. Musters, Esq., of a son. On the 11th inst., at Dulwich, Surrey, Mrs. G. D. Railcock , of a sou. MARRIED. At Alierstoke Church, Hants, on the 10th inst., Captain Arthur Vincent, East India Service, son of Robert Vincent, Esq., of Bridge foot, South Mims, Middlesex, to Elizabeth, third daughter ef Reg" Admiral Katon, of Anglesea. On the 10th inst., at Edgbaston Church, George, only son of 1 3 ' Hounsfield, Esq., of Clough-house, Sheffield, to Maria, only Baugh' ter of J. Scholefield, Esq., M.P., of Edgbaston-grove, near Birny ingham. On the 11th inst., at St. Pancras Church, the Rev. John Jack son, M.A., of Pembroke College, Oxford, Head Master of wing toe Proprietary School, to Mary Ann Frith, youngest daught er of the late H. Browell, Esq., of Kentish Town. On the 7th ult., at St. George's, Camberwell, James Lattie; Esq., second son of J. Lattie, Esq., Leslie, Fifeshire, to Jane, fifth daughter of Capt. J. Abbott, of the Hoe. East India Cemplani , service. DIED. ell- Lately at Paris, at an advanced age, Baron Reinhard, a known diplomatic character, formerly Minister of France in t " circle of Lower Saxony, residented at Hatnburgh. e at On the 12th i ns t., H enr y, s i xt h son o f H. Sibl e y, Esq., `-' r Ormond -street. On the 6th inst., Edward William, aged 13 months, and on th e , 12th inst., J u li a Sh e ll ey , age d 2 years , c hild ren o f M r. Atkins, °' White Hart-court, Lombard-street. Alr• Oa the 10th i ns t., i n t h e Cl ap h am - roa d , F rances, re lict of - Wm. Lovell, late of Fleet-street, aged 92. On the 18th of October last, within one day's reach of BontboY; James Williams, Esq., several years lion. Company's Reside nt Baroda. On the 7th inst., in Upper Baker-street, Elizabeth, widow of 11. Grant, Esq., of Charlestown, South Carolina. —.see London: Printed and Published by MURDO Y OLIN Gt °! 112, Strand, at Th e S idi Office, No. 112, Strand, in tho county of Middlestm.-111onday, January, 15 1838. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, SANITARY 15, 1838.